Obit for STEFFEN, Charles F. (b.1867 d.1951), Big Stone Co., MN
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STEFFEN, CHARLES F.
Charles F. Steffen of Odessa, who had been in failing health the last 
year, died Wednesday morning, November 14, 1951, in the Appleton hospital 
where he had been a patient for two months.  He was 84 years of age.
Funeral services for him will be held Friday, in Ortonville at 1:15 from 
Schoen's chapel and at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church at Odessa.  Rev. 
Walter Going will officiate.
Otto and Emil Steffe, LeRoy and Leander Stei, Ed Wagner and Gust Stock 
have been chosen as pallbearers.  Buriel will be in the Odessa cemetery.
Mr. Steffen was born August 21, 1867 in Germany.  Coming to the United 
States when he was 15, he he settled first in Wisconsin and the moved to 
Big Stone county with his parents.  He has resided on a farm three miles 
east of Odessa.
He married Ella Strehmel May 28, 1894, in Columbus, Wisconsin.  She died 
December 21, 1936.
Surviving him are three children, Otto of Odessa, and Emil and Selma at 
home, four grandchildren, Earl Steffen of Portland, Oregon, who is in the 
air force, Orvil Steffen in the navy at San Diego, Wendel Steffen in the 
air force in Germany and Darlene Steffen of Odessa.  His two great 
grandchildren are Jeffrey Steffen of Portland, Ore., and Brenda Lee 
Steffen of Odessa. 
Ortonville Independent Nov 15, 1951
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